Category: LGBT

Metal Worker Sues Ex-employer Arconic for Religious Intolerance

A longtime metalworks employee is suing his former employer, Pittsburgh-based Arconic, for religious discrimination after he was fired for expressing on an anonymous company survey his religious-based objection to the use of the rainbow to represent sexual identity. Specifically, the ex-employee, Daniel Snyder, who is now 63, was offended by Arconic’s choice, in his view,…


LGBT Books Donated to Bay Area School Libraries Amid Criticism

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—A nonprofit is donating LGBT books to California school libraries, with the goal of making such content more accessible to youth. But some teachers and parents are speaking out against it. On May 17, the nonprofit Gender Nation celebrated the donation program at the West Contra Costa Unified School District with supporters and…


Supermarket Giant Coles To Give Trans Staff Paid Gender Affirmative Leave

Australian supermarket giant Coles has announced it will allow trans and gender-diverse staff to take up to 10 days of paid gender affirmative leave in a bid to promote gender diversity. The move came on Wednesday, one day after International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia. On Wednesday, David Brewster, Coles Chief Legal and Safety…


Civil Rights Attorney: Putting Kids on Puberty Blockers ‘Absolute Child Abuse’

Amid allegations of secret transgender indoctrination of schoolchildren and “coaching” them on gender issues without parental consent, civil rights attorney Harmeet Dhillon says the use of puberty blockers on minors is “absolute child abuse.” Puberty blockers are causing “permanent harm” to children, Dhillon told The Epoch Times in an April 23 interview. “There are so…


San Diego County Supervisors Vote to Develop Ordinance to Redefine ‘Women’

San Diego County supervisors voted 3–2 on April 26 in favor of creating an ordinance that redefines the word “women” to include biological males who identify as women, despite an overwhelming show of opposition from the public. The supervisors approved the first reading of the local ordinance, which would be based on the U.N.’s Convention…


Russia Fines Meta Platforms Over ‘LGBT Propaganda’, Ifax Says

A Russian court on Tuesday fined Meta Platforms Inc. 4 million roubles ($54,030) for failing to delete posts that contained what it calls “LGBT propaganda,” the Interfax news agency reported. A 2013 Russian law, decried by Western countries as state-enforced bigotry, bans the “promotion of non-traditional sexual relations to minors.” Meta did not immediately respond…


Defeated Bill Gave Parents a Say on Trans, Woke Ideology Taught in Classrooms: Latham

Australian politician Mark Latham, the leader of the New South Wales (NSW) state branch of the right-leaning One Nation party, has raised concerns about the increasing presence of “left-wing politics and woke concepts” being taught in schools, including on transgender topics, which he said amounts to “child abuse.” “There’s a lot of left-wing politics and woke concepts…


Unfair for Women to Shoulder Struggles of Trans Sportspeople: Aussie Christian Activist

An Australian Christian activist has argued that it’s not fair that biological women with sporting ambitions are being forced to shoulder the gender struggles of trans athletes. Martyn Iles, the managing director of the Australian Christian Lobby, said a man who “takes advantage and causes injustice for women” should be held responsible regardless of whether…


‘Complete Waste of Money’: Senator Calls to Defund Australian LGBTQIA+ Group

One Nation Sen. Mark Latham has called for the defunding of the LGBTQIA+  performance and research enterprise the Department of Homo Affairs (DOHO), which has been operating from the Sydney Powerhouse museum free of charge. Latham on Thursday said that while there are lots of pressing needs around the state, starting with flood relief, the…


Decay or Resolve

Commentary On the second day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the head of the British foreign secret service, known as MI6, tweeted the following: With the tragedy and destruction unfolding so distressingly in Ukraine, we should remember the values and hard won freedoms that distinguish us from Putin, none more than LGBT+ rights. In…